PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Faber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and AbdulAziz Ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Faber
vs
Ali

200 cm
18
250 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fedor Faber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, AbdulAziz Ali!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faber fails with a takedown attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Faber looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Ali shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Ali was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Faber working to try and regain half guard.
Ali sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Faber is trying to escape the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ali is landing with some decent strikes but Faber is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali avoids the attempt from Faber to control.
Faber flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Ali scoring with strikes but Faber is staying in there.
Ali controlling the position easily from mount.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Ali has eaten all the pies!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ali lands a big shot there that rocks Faber but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ali fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ali trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ali with the ground and pound from mount.
Ali with shots to the head and body - Faber looks very uncomfortable down there.
Faber is squirming around, avoiding Ali's attempts to control the action.
Faber has given up his back here. Will Ali look for the submission or keep pounding away?

Faber won't enjoy being in this position. Ali looking for the choke. Oh... he's slipped the arm under the neck - Faber is tapping - it's over boys! Ali picks up the submission victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). AbdulAziz Ali!